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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-05-19
Tie Old keystone Ready for War.

A special from Harrisburg Pa. says:
"Gov. Beaver formally opened the expo.
eition OF the City Grays at the armory OF
the company last sYening in the presence
of several thousand people. In speaking
OF the utility OF the national guard, the
governor said that little over month
ago it looked to those in authority very
much as if the service Of the more
than eight thousand disciplined men would
soon be needed Inquiry had come from
Washington as to the time that would be
required to concentrate Pensyivania's s
troops at Lake Erie in case OF trouble with
England in regard to the fisheries dispute.
The reply was sent back that twenty-four
hours would be all that would be necessary
to concentrate the troops at the lake or
any point on the border OF the state, Gov.
Beaver added that, happily, the prospect
i've emergency had passed and that is
why he had mentioned the matter.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-05-19
Faith Treatment.

There is an old retaincr of a family
in the Western Aid.t ton who is always
complaining.
''Well. Tim, how are you to-daya''
asked the lady of the house.
''Sure, ma'am, an Tn not well. al
all, at all."
"What's the matter?'
Sorry av me knows, ma'am. but I
was thinkin'. ma'am. if you had any
old medicines about the house rs You
didn't want. I'd be mighty obleeged to
yez for thin. "-SGn Francisco Uroai.
cle>
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-05-19
Departed Creatures.

Chauncey Depew, of dinner and rail.
road fame. was once writer CT re-
ligious tracts.- Macon Telegraph.
There was time when our Chauncey
had u reputation for another kind of
literary work-writing passes over the
tracks. But now that's gone too.
INew York Star.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-05-19
nd set apart where, in valorous fights,

and set apart where, in valorous fights,
the blood was shed and the sacrifice
OF life was made which preserved us
q nation-a holy shrine is erected, where
all who love their country may devoutly
worship. Elaborate shafts OF marble fit
tingly remind us oi our soldier dead, and
OF their bravery and patriotism, but the
touching service your association contcm-
plates, shall chasten all our thoughts OF
them, by pointing out on sacred ground the
spot where blood was bravely shed and
life was patriotically offered up. with
thanks to the association for their remem-
brance at this time, and reeretting that
official dnties will prevent my acceptance
OF the invitation rendered me.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-05-19

An eighteen-year-old young man of
Ritchie county. Indiana fell i'll with
the measles. His grandmother anx-
ious to effect a speedy cure and ..bring
them out" placed him between two
ticks Of feathers, with hot stones at his
feet and live sheep alougsita of him.
He d ed. ClevelGnd Header.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12
A circular Denouncing Powderly.

CHICAGO, May 1.-THE Daily News to-day
publishes long circular said to have been
sent out to all prominent Knights of Labor
and secretaries of assemblies in California,
Oregon, Colorado, Nebraska, Illinois, Michi-
gan and Missouri by Local Assembly S133, of
Portland, Ore The circular denounces Cen
eral Master Workman Powderly for his re-
joicing over the result Of the Chicago munic-
ipal election, and embodies resolutions passed
by the assembly demanding that Mr.. Pow
derly be deposed from office The News fur
ther says that the knights are on the eve of
a great revolt, and the circular is the result
of a concerted move by which, if the assem-
bly, is suspended, general withdrawal from
the order will follow
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12
Cut His Throat with a shoe-Knlfe.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 1l.-Henry Weis-
becker, u shoemaker, living with an only
daughter at $40 East Green street, COM
mitted suicide yesterday morning by cutting
his throat from ear to ear with a small
Shoe-knife The exact time the deed was
committed will never be known, as Weis-
becker was supposed to have left his home
about o'clock in the morning and was not
known to be on the place until thR body was
found in the cellar last night. When discov-
sred, the body was lying over lot of bricks,
with his face buried in a pile of dirt. The
jugular vein, windpipe and the main arteries
had been cleanly severed, while his neck had
been broken in falling The coroner returned
a verdict that Weisbecker's death had been
caused by knife wounds received at his own
hands while in fit of melancholia. The
man was known to be subject to such at
tacks. Eight years ago his wife died, and
ever since he has brooded over the loss to
such All extent that his mind had become
affacfad
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12
DESTRUCTIVE FLAMES.
NEW HAMPSHIRE, SUFFERS
AVERY HEAVY LOSS.

SIX Hundred Men Thrown Out of Employ
ment and Sixty Families HomeIess-A
Call for Assistance From the Fire De-
partments of Other Cities.
HANOVER, N, H., May 1.-THE most de-
structive fire that North New Hampshire has
over known occurred this morning in Le-
banon, breaking out in Mead, Mason & Co.'s
furniture factory at o'clock The adjoin-
Ing buildings also occupied by Mead, Mason
& Co., built of wood and filed with inflam-
mable materials, were soon destroyed. A
call for help from out of town fire depart
ments was made, and Hanover, Enfield
and Concord gave all the assistance they
could
Meanwhile the fire worked southerly,
burning everything in that direction, in
cluding Kendricli 81 Davis wa5ch key fac
tory, G. NJ. Ba1ter's machine shop, s. Cole
& Sons foundry and machine shops, Rogers
woolen mill, B. T. Tilden's wood working
shop, occupied by Muchmore & Whipple and
others, W F. Shaw's grist mill, Free Press
printing office buildings; livery stable and
marble shop, Raldwin's block, Pulsifer's block
Marston's saw mill, the old Lafayette hotel
building C. d. Scott's stable, the Msscoma
house, twenty-five dwellings and the balance
store houses, barns and shops. Tho burned
district covers nearly ten acres on both
sides of the Ma5coma river.
Every manufacturing establishment in the
village except Hendricks wooden mill is
destroyed the entire loss is not less than
$500, 900, with insurance Of about $4,000.
Mead, Mason & Co.'S loss is about $4,000
with not less than $4,000 insurance. The
insurance in home companies aggregates
about S94,0Dd. Six hundred men are thrown
out of employment, and sixty families are
homeless.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12
Doubtrul insurance Companies.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, May 1.-THE Even
ing journal prints the official report of E. B.
Walker, examiner of insurance companies of
this state, to Commissioner Shandrew. The
report will, no doubt, create some uneasiness
in certain quarters when read The methods
Of business followed by several companies
are severely criticised. Among such COM
panies are the American Life st. Paul; Mu-
tual Benevolent association, Union Endow-
ment ST. Paul, and Minnesota Mutual Bene-
it, of Minneapolis. The examiner recon-
mends that some Of these concerns had better
change their plans or wind up their affairs,
as they are not able to pay the full amount
Of their policies, and would have to resort to
questionable methods of compromising with
their policy holders, so as not to have to pay
the full amount Of policies
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12

FALL RIVER, Mass, May ll.-Augustus
E. Soper, passenger OH the steamer Bristol,
from New York. died this morning between
Newport and this city. He was second mate
of schooner which recently arrived in New
York, and occupied a stateroom in company
with Capt. McKinnon, who claimed to be
captain of the same schooner. The latter's
story was that they were on their way to
Boston, where Soper had friends; that Soper
was taken sick with something during the
night; that he (McKinnOnl assisted him and
then went back to the upper berth and went
to sleep, and upon arriving in this city found
Soper dead in the lower berth. McKinnon
left for Boston saying he would notify
Soper's friends, but up to late hour moth
ing has been heard from them. An exami-
nation of Sopers body developed no signs Of
fonl nlaV
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12
Tnll,lng Commercial Union.

OTTAWA, Ont, Nay 1O.-There is consid-
Irable talk among members of the house Of
commons on the question of commercial
union witt. the United States, and this feel
Ing Is largely due to the manifest disposition
Of the American people toward some scheme
Tor simple reciprocity. In the course Of .
Few days the matter will be brought before
the Dominion parliament as a substantive
resolution, and division will be asked for
The entire Liberal party, with a solid
phalanx from the maratime provinces and
Manitoba, are in favor of the measure, and
1t may be calculated upon to certainty that
within week Sir John Macdonald and his
followers, who stand by party rather than
principle, will be driven to cover with their
National nOlicY pet scheme.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12
"Dixle now and Dixie Then.N

NEW YORK, May 11-Maj. Charles II.
Smith, of Georgia, whose quaint writing
under the sobriquet of 'Bill Arp have been
widely copied in newspapers, especially of
the south and west, amused an audience at
Chickering hall last night for an hour and
half with lecture ON "Dixie Now and Dixie
Then" He drew gctrres of the old Southern
aristocracy as modified by the war and filled
in his sketch with odd fancies Of comment
and description. He noted the Improvement
of the southern masses as a compensation for
the decadence of the aristocracy. He OBJ
served that under the pressure of the nsw
order the southern girls are getting better
education, while the southern boys are going
to work instead of college He calculated
that the estimated loss to the south by the
manumission of the slaves was largely fcti-
tious, aud that in many cases the loss of the
slaves was profit to the master. One Of
his sayings was: "My mother was from
Charleston and my father from Massachu-
setts. When | was child | used to get mad
and fight all 10y myself Mother said it was
only Massachusetts, fighting South Caro-
lina,n
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12
Taken to a Tree and Hanged.

New ORLEANS, May 1l.-West Carroll
Parish, in which mob burned the store of
Simon WiJkowsld and drove him from the
parish, few months ago, has again become
the scene of mob violence. Last Thursday q
mob at Floyd seized upon Richard Goodwin
and Grace Blanton, both colored, and hanged
them to tree for robbing the store of NJ
Balm. 1t is said that while mob violence Is
deprecated by the people, the action of this
particular mob is condemned because, as q
local correspondent naively says, there Is
no doubt of the guilt of the accused persons,
the woman having confessed and the goods
having been found in the possession IF the
victims 1t is not stated that they were con-
f1rmed criminals or that the people had be-
come exasperated at their continued depre-
dations. They simply robbed a store and
were hanged
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12

B1NGHAMToN, N. Y, May 1.-THE myV-
terious disappearance Of Robert w. Jacobs,
q young medical student of Unadella, causes
great alarm. He visited Sidney few days
ago and is supposed to have had from $500
to 5000 in his pocket. He was last seen
Thursday afternoon in the woods about half
mile from Sidney. On Saturday a blood
stained pocket-book, marked Robert w.
Jacobs" containing papers which have been
identified as his, was found in the woods
about two miles from that village. It was
distinctly marked with blood-stained fingers
and contained no money. A hat has been
found in the Susquehanna river which his
father says belonged to Robert, He was
twenty-six years old and was highly esteemed
Foul play is suspected and the river is being
dragged for the body. There Is no clue to
the mystery.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12

LOUISVILLE, May l1,-Jennie Boomer died
last night at 3;20 All day yesterday the
poor girl was sinking and passed away with
out struggle, surrounded by his father,
brother physicians and friends An autopsy
will be held this morning, 1t will be remem-
bered that on the morning Of Thursday,
April 2l the girl discovered two negroes try
ing to rob the house. She grappled with
one, and during the struggle was beaten over
The head with "a fire poker until insensible.
The two men then outraged the outraged the
unconscious girl and fled. Turner has not
yet been informed of the death of his victim,
but said yesterday that he expected she
would die and that he would swing for it.
The grand jury will hear the cases Of the
murderers May l3.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12
pE HOIfIs MISFORTUNE.
How Near She Came to Possessing "ChriSS
Before Plate"

NEW YORK, May 11.-Ex- Governor Alger,
Of Michigan, while in Paris last summer,
saw Munkaczys painting, "Christ Before
Pilate,n and On its arrival in New York he
offered Mankaczy's agent, Sedelmeyer, $60,-
900 for it. The offer was refused Mr..
Alger and Mr. Sedelmeyer afterward met in
Detroit and Mr.. Alger offered S9O,OOO which
was accepted. A contract for the delivery
Of the picture was drawn up and signed, and
Governor Alger paid g., 500 to bind the bar
gain. The pieture was to have been for
warded TO him on his return from trip to
California and Mexico.
Governor Alger has a fondness for
Munkaczy's paintings, and had already
bought "Kittens" at a cost of 5000
by the Same artist. While on his way to Cali
fornia he ereceiveda telegram from Mr.. Sedel-
meyer stating that the painting had been
sold, without his (Sedelmeyer's) knowledge,
to Wannanlaker, of Philadelphia, for 800,
900, and he offered the governor $1,000 for
the release. This was declined. Mr.. Alger
finally let Stdelmeyer off on the payment Of
$1,000, the price he had paid for "Rttens," I"
and Detroit lost "Christ Before Pilate,n
which Governor Alger proposed to put in the
new art gallery as gift to the people Of that
city. 1t is sJored that Governor Alger has
now offered $4,000 for Munkaczy's Last
Days of Moaagt," but that it is held at
$50 600
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12
Funeral of Washington c. De Pauw.

NEW ALBANY, Ind, May 10.-A de,, ga
hon of about three hundred men arrived to-
day from Greencastle, Ind, including the
faculty and cadets of De Pauw university, to
attend the funeral of Washington C. De
Pauw. The obsequies took place at o'clock
this afternoon at the De Pauw residence on
the Charleston road. All business houses in
the city were closed, and the public buildings
were draped in mourning. The remains
were followed to the cemetery by a large
procession, including the order of Odd Fell
lows, and the Masons and other societies, the
workmen o. ts,e American Plate Glass works,
the De Pauw Rail mill and Woolen mills, the
city officials and the De Pauw cadets acting
IS a guacd of honor. The remains were
placed in a vault where they will he guarded
until tinl interment.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12
More Victims of the Mine Dis .ster

NANMo B. c., May 1O-Thirty five moro
bodies were found to-day. A shovel was
found on which was written with chalkI
'Thirteen hours and now dying in misery
John Evans" This was a young fellow
twenty-five years Of ago Thus the men
were evidently conscious thirteen hours after
the explosion, and some may have survived
Eve Or six hours longer. Most of .he bodies
recovered had a peaceful look on their faceG
The bodies were all found in NJ. l level
They had come as far as the half way switch
and found cavein and the air bad. They
then set to work with picks and shoyels and
barricadei a passage to shut out the after
damp. They returned to the air shart where
the fire damp had caught them and ~ suo-
sumbed. They had tried to barri2aIe this
passage also but did not succeed v2gy we'll
The poor fellows had made a Desperate
struggle for life.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12
Arrests for a mississippi Murder.

JACKSON Miss, May 1.-THE following
parties were arrested to-day upon an affi-
davit sworn out by the Rev. j. H. Gambrell,
father of Roderick Gambrell, the young
man who was killed on Thursday night;
Jones S. Hamilton, principal; Mimo Eubank.
William Hardy, negro; w. H. Figures and
J. W. Albrecht, accessories. The last four
are in Jail Hamilton is under guard at his
residence, where he will be detained some
time on account of his wounds. Great ex-
citement prevails III the community, and the
trial will be watched with great interest.
All the parties are well known throughout
the state and have numerous friends
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12
AMERICANS IN EUROPE
THE WHEREABOUTS OF MANY OF OUR
VISITING CITIZENS.

Queen VictOriA's Drawing Room and WhO
Wore Present-Mr. Manning Greatly
Improved in Health-Emperor william'a
Feebleness-Other Foreign News.
LONDON May 1.-THE queens drawing
room to-day was the largest held for years
past. Five hundred ladies, mostly English,
were presented The following were ths
American ladies presented: Mrs. Arthur
Post, Miss Morgan, granddaughter Of ]. 8.
Morgan; Mrs. Ezra Warner and Miss War
nsr, Of Chicago; Mrs. Vanwarte aud Mias
Vanwarte, of New York; Mrs. Fl. L. HoF-
ton, of Brooklyn; Miss Gallup, of Providence;
MrS Whitewright Stuart and Miss FlorenCs
N. Smith, of New York, and Mrs. Van Zol-
hkofer, of Virginia.
Mrs. and Miss Manning, the wife and
daughter Of the ex-secretary Of the treasury,
spent last week in Paris with Mrs Corning,
but returned yesterday to England. They
report that Mr. Manning's health is greatly
improved. They dined with Minister Mo-
Lane, and received large number Of Amer.
leans at tea given by Mrs Corning, which
was as crowded with English-speaking peo-
pie as if it had been given in Washington.
The following were among the most notable
guests; Mrs. Rufus King, Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Douglass Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Curtis
and Mrs Milton Gretchens, all Of New York;
Mr.. and Mrs. Chamberlain, of Cleveland,
and Mrs Schemerhorn, Of Paris; Minister
McLane and Miss McLane, Mrs. John Lam
Bon, Of Paris; Mr.. s.nd Mrs. Hampton Robb,
Of New York; Miss Walsh, of Albany; Mrs.
Robert Thompson, of Troy; Miss Bonnet, Of
New York Mr.. and Mrs. Major, of New
York; Mr.. and Mrs J. D. Wheeler, of Paris;
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Pulitzer, of New York;
Mrs. Trevelyan, of England; Mr. and Mira.
Walter Blackman, Of Paris; Mr. Harry
Sands, of New York; Mr.. Fred. Martin, of
Albany; Mr. and Mrs j. s. Tuck and Miss
Tuck, of New York; MIus H. and Mlla.
Dry, of Paris; Mr.. and Mrs J. Wilson, Of
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt has arrived from Bar-
lin with his eldest son, and is stopping at the
Hotel Bristol, Paris. He is on his way back
10 New York, which he only left less than
three weeks ago for a little rest and sea air.
At the same hotel are also Pierrepont Morgan
and family, Mr.. Goelet and Mrs Goelet, who
spent the winter at Cannes; Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Lawrence, Mr.. Maxwell, Mr.. and
Mrs, William AStor, Mrs. Sarah Whiting
Belmont and her mother, Mrs Whiting, and
the Misses Whiting, Mrs. Griswold Gray and
Miss Trick, Of Baltimore. In fact the whole
house seems to be taken by New YorkerS
Opposite the Bristol, at the Hotel du Rhin,
Mr.. and Mrs Erastus Corning, Of Albany,
are stopping and also Mrs. August Belmont
The latter, however, is hardly aver seen, a.
The is In deep mourning
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12
Disgraceful Fights.

BELoT, Wis, May james Collins a
drummer who is stopping here, was insulted
Saturday night by a local ''toughn and Col
Inns gave him good thrashing. Tom Hayes
a brother of the beaten man, took up the
quarrel and abused Bradburn, the pugilist,
who is in this city Sunday morning Bradburn
met Tom Hayes and gave him a severe pound
ing Last night while Bradburn was reading
In the Office of the Grand hotel Tom Hayes
and several companions attacked him In the
office with big stones, and broke the win.
dows, causing general panic in the hotel
Bradburn, single-handed, fought and de-
feated the crowd, and gave some of his as
sailants cracked heads
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12
THE DEAF MUTE MURDERER,
Walter Bingham Not in Arkansas, But
Said to BE Confined

LITTLE Rock, Ark, May 1.-THE rumor
hat Walter Bingham, the deaf mute who
murdered Miss Lizzie Tulkington, at
Raleigh, N. G., last December, was
hiding in the deaf mute institute
here turns out to be unfounded 1t is
natter Of fact however, that Professor
Frances D. Clark, principal Of the asylum, In
we'll acquainted with Bingham, and that
Bingham has also several old classmates who
are teaching or otherwise employed about
he institute, Professor Clark taught for .
number of years at an institute in New York
dty, where Bingham was a pupil, and thus
lhe professor numbers him among his former
Students.
The murder excited great interest here
hom this fact, and the institute people be-
Heved Bingham would make his way here.
This, however, he did not do, and all the
nlews pointing to this state have 6eol proven
worthless The rumor of his capture at
Texarkana last week is likewise untrue. Il
b claimed that his friends are keeping him
In private asylum in New York until the
feeling against him dies out, when he will be
given up to the law and tried for murder, his
defense being insanity.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-12
NO VOLCANOES IN ARIZONA.
Forest Fires Were the Only Ones General
FOrsyth,s Explores Found.


BENSON, Ariz., May 11.-All other reports
to the contrary notwithstanding, no volcanic
eruptions nave occurred in southern Ari-
zona On the 3D. inst simultaneously with
the severe earthquake shocks experienced
here, great clouds of smoke appeared over
the peaks of the MILESTONE mountains, south
OF this point, and at night the horizon was
brilliantly illuminated by what was sup.
posed to be volcanic fires but the p ome-
non continued during several days fol. ving
the earthquake, and on the 5th inst. an ex-
ploring party, under the leadership of Gen.
Forsyth, commanding Fort Huachuaca,
started to the Milestone mountains, for the
purpose of investigating the seismic erup-
tiCns.
They returned on the 7th and reported
that there was no volcanic eruption, though
signs of ulheavel and mountain slides from
Thursdays earthquake were abundantly Wis
ible, and that the brilliant illumination Of
the sky 0nl clouds Of smoke, were caused by
forest flrs5, which they had traced to the
carelessness of some Mexican campers, who
had campal on the mountain Monday night
This report effectually explodes the volcano
sensation among the people of Benson. An
other severe shock of earthquake was experi-
enced here at l;14 yesterday afternoon. No
damage was done, but it created great CON.
sternation among the people.